Barrel or keg rolling device for barrel or keg washers.



No. 808,305. PATENTED DEU.26,1905.

- F. P. PPEIL.

BARREL OR KEG ROLLING DEVICE FOR BARREL OR KEG WASHERS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.Z6,1904.

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No. 808,305. PATENTED DEC. 26, 1905. F. P. PFEIL.

BARREL 0R KEG ROLLING DEVICE FOR BARREL 0R KEG WASHERS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 20, 1904.

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PATENTED DEC. 26, 1906.

F. P. PFEIL. BARREL 0R KEG ROLLING DEVICE FOR BARREL 0R KEG WASHERS.APPLICATION YILED NQv.26.1904.

ENTTEE sTaTEs PATENT oEETcE.

FRANK P. PFEIL, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO CHRISTIAN FEIGENSPAN,A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

BARREL OR KEG ROLLING DEVICE FOR BARREL OR KEG WASHERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 26, 1905.

Application filed November 26, 1904. Serial No. 234,332.

To all whont it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK P. PFEIL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Barrel or Keg RollingDevices for Barrel or Keg l/Vashers, and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,

such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to numerals of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

This invention has reference generally to improvements in that class ofmachines known in the art as barrel or keg washers or scrubbers, and theinvention relates more particularly to a novel arrangement andconstruction of barrel or keg rolling device adapted to take the placeof the wheels or disks ordinarily employed with machines of the classabove specified. In practice there usually are four of these revolvingdisks or wheels upon which the barrel or keg rests and is rolled by saiddisks or wheels while being scrubbed upon its outer surfaces by contactwith a scrubbing brush or brushes.

of the machine, and these disks or wheels consist of cast-metal hubs orspiders having annular flanges between which are secured segmentalblocks of wood, forming the rolling-supports for the kegs or barrelsduring the washing or scrubbing operations. It will be evident that withthe constant use of these machines the said segmental blocks will weardown to such a degree that they be come useless and have to be replacedwith new blocks. Ordinarily with the constructions and arrangements ofthe barrel or keg rolling members in this class of machines the members,usually termed wheels, are in the form of two integrally-connectedspiders,

between which sectional blocks of wood are arranged and secured in apeculiar manner. Some of these blocks are provided with semicirculardepressions or grooves fitted over pins integral with the two spiders ofeach wheel and held in place by means of other blocks of wood of alonger shape which are used as wedges and in turn are finally held inplace by bolts. It will be noted that great care has to be exercised inthe construction of these peculiarly-shaped blocks, as well as in thefitting or assembling of the blocks between the integrally-connectedspiders, in order that a smooth rolling-surface may be provided, so asnot to damage the barrel or keg while in the act of being rolled bycoming in contact with projections at the joints between the assembledblocks. To remove the blocks from between these spiders when worn down,it is necessary to remove the spider supporting or carrying shaftentirely from the bearings of the shaft or to drive the wedge-shapedblocks first from between the spiders while still in position in themachine proper, thus throwing the machine out of commission for a longtime.

With a view of overcoming the serious objections existing in themachines of to-day I have provided a novel barrel or keg rolling devicefor barrel or keg washers or scrubbers in which the segmental blocks areall of the same shape, and each block when worn down can be separatelyand laterally removed and then replaced with new blocks without havingto remove the block-holding devices from the operating-shaft of themachine, and, furthermore, the barrel or keg rolling device of myinvention is of such construction that it comprises a pair of separablesectional mem bers adapted to be arranged and secured upon oppositesides of a shaft preferably of a polygonal cross-section, from which themembers of the rolling device can be quickly separated and removed whenrequired for making necessary repairs.

My invention, therefore, has for its principal object to provide asimple and effectively-operating barrel or keg rolling device of thecharacter hereinafter more fully described and one in which theworn-down rolling or supporting segmental blocks can be easily andquickly removed and then replaced with new blocks with the leastexpenditure of time and labor.

Other objects of this invention not at this time moreparticularlyspecifiedwill be clearly understood from the followingdetailed description of my present invention.

The invention consists, primarily, in the novel construction of barrelor keg rolling de,

vice for barrel or keg washers or scrubbers of the character hereinafterset forth; and, furthermore, this invention consists in the variousarrangements and combinations of the IOC devices and parts,.as well asin the details of the construction of the same, all of which will behereinafter more particularly described and then finally embodied in theclauses of the claim which are appended to and form an essential part ofthis specification.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich Figure 1 is a plan or top view of one form of barrel washer orscrubber provided with a set of barrel or keg rolling devices embodyingthe principles of my present invention, and Fig. 2 is a side elevationof the same. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of one of the barrel or kegrolling devices in position upon a shaft or spindle of the barrel or kegwasher or scrubber; and Fig. 4 is a longitudinal vertical section of thesame, the shaft being represented in elevation. Fig. 5 is a transversevertical section of the rolling device, the said section being taken online 5 5 in said Fig. 3 looking in the direction of the arrow and Fig. 6is a similar section taken on line 6 6 in said Fig. 6, also looking inthe direction of the arrow 9:.

Similar characters of reference are employed in all of theabove-described views to indicate corresponding parts.

Referring now to the several figures of the drawings, the referencecharacter 1 indicates a complete barrel or keg washing or scrubbingapparatus or machine of any suitable construction, and 2 is the barrelor keg feed tank, which is filled with water.' The reference character 3indicates the usual wastetank, above which is arranged a run or table 4,upon which the washed or scrubbed barrel or keg is rolled after it hasbeen rolled upon the rolling sections or blocks of the rolling devicesembodying the principles of my present invention. These rolling devices,which are indicated by the reference characters 5, are usually arrangedin pairs, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, the saiddevices being respectively arranged and secured upon the shafts orspindles 6 and 7 of the machine 1. The said shafts or spindles 6 and 7are mounted and rotatein suitably-constructed bearings 8 onthewaste-tank 3 or any other suitable portion of the framework of themachine, the said shaft or spindle 6 being provided with a fastdriving-pulley 9 and a loose pulley 10 of the usual arrangements andconstructions. The said shaft or spindle 6 is also provided with apulley or wheel 11 and the said shaft or spindle 7 with a pulley orwheel 12, a belt 13 being arranged over said pulleys or wheels 1 1 and12,whereby the rotary motion of the driven shaft or spindle 6 is alsoconveyed to the shaft 7 and to the rolling devices 5 upon said shafts 6and 7, with a concurrent rolling motion of the barrel or keg whendeposited upon the said rolling devices 5 during the washing orscrubbing operations of the machine. Of course it will be understoodthat in, lieu of the driving-pulleys and the belt hereinbefore mentionedany other suitablyconstructed driving mechanism may be employed, ifdesired. Coming now to the construction and arrangement of the variousparts of the barrel or keg rolling devices 5 upon the said shafts orspindles 6 and 7, each shaft is made with an angular orpolygonallyshaped portion 14 in cross-section, that in the present casebeing made in the manner of a square, substantially as shown. From aninspection of Figs. 3, 4, 5, and 6 of the drawings it will be seen thateach barrel or keg rolling device 5 comprises a pair of sec tionalmembers 15 and 16, substantially of an angular configuration incross-section corresponding to the cross-section of the shaft orspindle, so as to be arranged on opposite sides of the shaft against arotary slip or movement thereon, as

will be clearly evident. That the said sectional members 15 and 16 maybesecured in such positions upon the opposite sides of the shaft orspindle the said members 15 and 16 are respectively provided on oppositesides with laterally-extending flanges or lugs 17 and 18, which aresuitably perforated for the reception of the tightening-bolts 19 and thenuts 20, substantially as illustrated in Figs. 3 and 5 of the drawings.Each sectional member 15 and 16 is also provided with a pair ofsemicylindrical hubs or retaining portions 21, each semicylindrical hubbeing made with a retaining-flange 22 and an offset 23, these va riousparts when the said members 15 and 16 are assembled and secured upon therespective shafts or spindles 5 and 6 producing upon each shaft orspindle apair of cylindrical hubs and each cylindrical hub beingprovided with an annular retaining-flange and an annularreceiving-offset, as clearly illustrated in the several figures of thedrawings. Suitably fitted upon the cylindrical surfaces of the said hubsthus formed are a number of segmentalblocks 24, made of wood or of otheranalogous material, the said blocks being made with the tapering orinclining arcshaped surfaces 25 and being provided withlaterally-extending holes or perforations 26, adapted to be arranged inalinement with correspondingly-located holes or perforations in the saidretaining-flanges 21. Suitable disks or plates 27, havingcentrally-disposed openings, are arranged upon the said offsets 23, asshown in Fig. 4 of the drawings, whereby all the segmental blocks 24 areradially disposed in the space between the annular flanges 22 and thedisk or plate 27 of each hub. The said disks or plates 27 are alsoprovided with suitably-dis )osed holes or perforations in alinement withthe holes or periforations of the segmental blocks 24, and the saidblocks are centered and perfectly se-' cured in their operative andclamped positions between the various parts by means 01 suitable bolts28 and nuts 29, as clearly 1llustrated in the several figures of thedrawings. Other fastening means for thus securing the said blocks 24 inposition may be employed, if desired. The tapered surfaces 25 of theassembled blocks 24 when secured in place will extend in downward andinward directions, as shown, so as to provide a suitable rolling supportupon which the keg or barrel is perfectly balanced above the fourrolling devices, and thereby receives a rolling mo tion against andbetween-the variously-disposed scrubbing-brushes 30 of the machine, asshown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings. The said rolling devices 5having been secured in their operative positions upon the said shafts orspindles 6 and 7 relative to the other devices and mechanisms of thebarrel or keg washing or scrubbing machine 1, the operations ofscrubbing or washing the barrels or kegs are well known and need not befurther described.

The segmental blocks 24 of the barrel or keg rolling devices 5 beingmade of wood or other similar material will in time become worn down tosuch an extent that the blocks have to be replaced with new ones. Theremoval of the worn-down blocks is easily and quickly accomplishedwithout the removal of the shafts or spindles from their bearings orbrackets of the machine, as heretofore, by simply unscrewing the nuts 29and removing the bolts 28 and the disk or plate 27 from each hub withoutdisturbing any other parts of barrel or keg rollingdevice or any of theparts of the machine. A new set ofblocks 24 is then quickly arranged inposition, the disk or plate 27 put back, and the whole then once moretightened by means of the said bolts 28 and nuts 29.

It will be seen that Ihave devised a simplyconstructed andeffectively-operating keg or barrel rolling device for barrel or kegwashers or scrubbers the supporting rolling blocks of which can beeasily and quickly replaced at a great reduction in time and labor.

By the separable arrangement of the sectional members 15 and 16 of thebarrel or keg rolling device it will also be evident that the entiredevice can be quickly and readily removed from the shaft or spindle incase of the necessary repairs without disturbing the position of theshaft or spindle in its bearings in which it revolves and without havingto remove the bearing or bearings from the side of the machine orwithout having to remove the driving pulley or pulleys from the saidshafts or spindles, as is at present the case with the machines now inuse.

Of course it will be evident that changes may be made in the variousarrangements and combinations of the devices and parts, as well as inthe details of the construction of the said parts, without departingfrom the scope of my present invention. Hence I do not limit myinvention to the exact arrangements and combinations of the devices andparts as described in the foregoing specification and as illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, nor do I confine myself to the exact detailsof the construction of the said parts.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim is 1. In a barrel or kegrolling device for washing or scrubbing machines, the combina tion witha shaft, of a pair of sectional members adapted to be arranged andsecured on opposite sides of the said shaft, means for securing saidsectional members together, means on said shaft to prevent slipping ofthe said members upon the shaft, a pair of hub members on each sectionalmember, a flange extending from each hub member, and each of said hubmembers being also provided with an offset, a disk or plate having acentral opening removably arranged on the offsets of the hub members ofsaid connected sectional members, a series of segmental blocks arrangedon said hub members and between the flanges thereof and said disks orplates, said hub members and their-flanges serving to quickly center theassembled segmental blocks, and means for securing the said parts intheir assembled relation, substantially as and for the purposes setforth.

2. In a barrelor keg rolling device for washing or scrubbing machines,the combination with a shaft, of a pair of sectional members adapted tobe arranged and secured on opposite sides of the said shaft, means forsecuring said sectional members together, means on said shaft to preventslipping of the said members upon the shaft, a pair of hub members oneach sectional member, a flange extending from each hub member, eachflange being provided with bolt-holes, and each of said hub membersbeing also provided with an offset, a disk or plate having a centralopening removably arranged on the offsets of the hub members of saidconnected sectional members, the said disks or plates being providedwith bolt-holes corresponding to the bolt-holes in said flanges, aseries of segmental blocks arranged on said hub members and between theflanges thereof and said disks or plates, said hub members and theirflanges serving to quickly center the assembled segmental blocks, andeach block being provided with a bolt-hole, tightening-bolts extendingthrough the various holes in said flanges, blocks and said disks orplates, and a nut on each bolt, substantially as and for the purposesset forth.

3. In a barrel or keg rolling device for washing or scrubbing machines,the combination with a shaft, of a pair of sectional mem bers adapted tobe arranged and secured on opposite sides of the said shaft, perforatedflanges extending from said sectional members, and bolts in theperforations of said flanges for securing said sectional memberstogether, means on said shaft to prevent slipping of the said. membersupon the shaft, a pair of hub members on each sectional member, a flangeextending from each hub member, and each of said hub members being alsoprovided with an offset, a disk or plate having a central openingremovably arranged on the offsets of said hub members of said connectedsectional members, a series of segmental blocks arranged on said hubmembers and between the flanges thereof and said disks or plates, saidhub members and their flanges serving to quickly center the assembledsegmental blocks, and means for securing the said parts in theirassembled relation, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

4- In a barrel or keg rolling device for washing or scrubbing machines,the combination with a shaft, of a pair of sectional members adapted tobe arranged and secured on opposite sides of a shaft, perforated flangesextending from said sectional members, and bolts in the perforations ofsaid flanges for securing said sectional members together, means on saidshaft to prevent slipping of the said members upon the shaft, a pair ofhub members on each sectional member, a flange extending from each hubmember, each flange being provided with bolt holes, and each of said hubmembers being also provided with an offset, a disk or plate having acentral opening removably arranged on the offsets of the hub members ofsaid connected sectional members, the said disks or plates beingprovided with bolt-holes corresponding to the bolt-holes in saidflanges, a series of segmental blocks arranged on said hub members andbetween the flanges thereof and said disks or plates, said hub membersand their flanges serving to quickly center the assembled segmentalblocks, and each block being provided with a bolt-hole, tightening-boltsextending through the various holes in said flanges, blocks and saiddisks or plates, and a nut on each bolt, substantially as and for thepurposes set forth.

5. In a barrel washing or scrubbing-machine, the combination, with ashaft having a portion of a squared cross-section, of a barrel or kegrolling device, comprising a pair of sectional members of an angularcross-section adapted to be arranged and secured upon the squaredportion of the said shaft, and barrel or keg supporting and rollingmeans connected with said sectional members, substantially as and forthe purposes set forth.

6. In a barrel washing or scrubbing machine, the combination, with ashaft having a portion. of a squared cross-section, of a barrel or kegrolling device, comprising a pair of sectional members of an angularcross-section adapted to be arranged and secured upon the squaredportion of the said shaft, and

barrel or keg supporting and rolling means connected with said sectionalmembers, comprising a pair of hub members on each sectional member, aflange extending from each hub member, and each of said hub membersbeing also provided with an offset, a disk or plate having a centralopening removably arranged on the offsets of the hub members of saidconnected sectional members, a series of segmental blocks arranged onsaid hub members and between the flanges thereof and said disksor-plates, and means for securing the said parts in their assembledrelation, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

7. In a barrel washing or scrubbing ma chine, the combination, with ashaft having a portion of a squared cross-section, of a barrel or kegrolling device comprising a pair of sectional members of an angularcross-section adapted to be arranged and secured upon the squaredportion of the said shaft, and

barrel supporting and rolling means connected with said sectionalmembers, comprising a pair of hub members on each sectional member, aflange extending from each hub member, each flange being provided withan offset, a disk or plate having a central opening removably arrangedon the offsets of the hub members of said connected sectional members,the said disks or plates being provided with bolt-holes corresponding tothe boltholes in said flanges, a series of segmental blocks arranged onsaid hub members and between the flanges thereof and said disks orplates, each block being provided with a bolthole, tightening-boltsextending through the various holes in said flanges, blocks and saiddisks or plates, and a nut on each bolt, substantially as and for thepurposes set forth.

8. In a barrel washing or scrubbing machine, the combination, with ashaft having a portion of a squared cross-section, of a barrel or kegrolling device comprising a pair of sectional members of an angularcross-section adapted to be arranged and secured upon the squaredportion of the said shaft, perforated flanges extending from saidsectional members, belts in the perforations of said flanges forsecuring said sectional members together, and barrel supporting androlling means connected with said sectional members, substantially asand for the purposes set forth.

9. In a barrel Washing or scrubbing machine, the combination, with ashaft having a portion of a squared cross-section, of a barrel or kegrolling device comprising a pair of sectional members of an angularcross-section adapted to be arranged and secured upon the squaredportion of the said shaft, perforated flanges extending from saidsectional members, belts in the perforations of said flanges forsecuring said sectional members together, and barrel supporting androlling means connected with said sectional members, comprising a pairof hub members on each sectional member, a flange extending from eachhub member, and each of said hub members being also provided with anoffset, a disk or plate having a central opening removably arranged onthe oflsets of the hub members of said connected sectional members, aseries of segmental blocks arranged on said hub members and between theflanges thereof and said disks or plates, and means for securing theparts in their assembled relation, substantially as and for the purposesset forth.

10. In a barrel washing or scrubbing machine, the combination, with ashaft having a portion of a squared crosssection, of a barrel or kegrolling device, comprising a pair of sectional members of an angularcross-section adapted to be arranged and secured upon the squaredportion of the said shaft, perforated flanges extending from saidsectional members, bolts in the perforations of said flanges forsecuring said sectional members together, and barrel supporting androlling means connected With said section members, comprising a pan ofhub members on each sectional member, a flange extending from each hubmember, each flange being provided with bolt-holes, and each of said hubmembers being also provided with an oflfset, a disk or plate having acentral opening removably arranged on the oflsets of thehub members ofsaid connected sectional members, the said disks or plates beingprovided with bolt-holes corresponding to the bolt-holes in saidflanges, a series of segmental blocks arranged on said hub members andbetween the flanges thereof and said disks or plates, each block beingprovided with a bolt-hole, tightening-bolts extending through thevarious holes in said flanges, blocks and said disks or plates, and

a nut on each bolt, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

11. In a barrel or keg rolling device for washing or scrubbing machines,the combination, with a shaft, of ahub adapted to be arranged upon saidshaft, the said hub being provided with an annular flange formed with anannular seat, pins or bolts extending laterally from said flange, aseries of sectional blocks all ofthe same size and shape,each blockhaving aperforation for the placing of each block upon a pin and to bemovable laterally thereon, and said blocks also resting upon said seat,and means on said pins or bolts for retaining said blocks in place,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

12. In a barrel or keg rolling device for washing or scrubbing machines,the combination, with a shaft, of a hub adapted to be arranged upon saidshaft, the said hub being provided with an annular flange formed with anannular seat, pins or bolts extending laterally from said flange, aseries of sectional blocks all of the same size and shape, each blockhaving a perforation for the placing of each block upon a pin or boltand to be mov' able laterally thereon, and said blocks resting upon saidseat, a disk or plate provided with perforations corresponding to thenumber of said pins or bolts, said disk or plate being arranged uponsaid pins or bolts, and means for forcing said disk or plate laterallyagainst the sides of said blocks for retaining said blocks in place,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the invention set forth above I have hereuntoset my hand this 25th day of November, 1904.

FRANK P. PFEIL.

Witnesses:

FREDK. C. FRAENTZEL, GEO. T. RICHARDS.

